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Now, HERE'S a RESTRAINING ORDER.....
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 4:50 pm
by CaptDave
Former Marine Sniper Slapped With 3,000-Yard Restraining Order
November 1, 2006 | Issue 42•44
MACON, GA—Citing Emily Holman's right to feel safe traversing vast open spaces, especially when within visual range of clock towers, parking structures, and tall buildings, a judge awarded the 28-year-old a 3,000-yard restraining order yesterday against her former boyfriend, retired Marine sniper Gordon Lee Blackwood. "When we broke up he started calling me 10 times a day from his job," said Holman, who realized Blackwood's office building, which had an open, flat roof, was only 1,800 yards away. "He had me flinching every time I saw sunlight glinting off any surface within two and a half miles." Blackwood would not comment on the judge's decision, saying only that he still loved Holman and was trying to understand the distance and crosswinds that separated them.
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Re: Now, HERE'S a RESTRAINING ORDER.....
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:03 pm
by txinvestigator
CaptDave wrote:he still loved Holman and was trying to understand the distance and crosswinds that separated them.
ROFL
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:12 pm
by stevie_d_64
Marines...geesh...
I know!!! I know!!!
Don't run, I'll only die tired...
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 5:52 pm
by jimlongley
Judges - Geesh
Now he's got to quit his job to comply with the order.
Re: Now, HERE'S a RESTRAINING ORDER.....
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:05 pm
by JLaw
txinvestigator wrote:CaptDave wrote:he still loved Holman and was trying to understand the distance and crosswinds that separated them.
ROFL
+1
JLaw
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 6:56 pm
by Doug.38PR
And they are going to enforce this how?
That's almost a two mile radius.
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:18 pm
by Greybeard
"That's almost a two mile radius."
The Judge must know that's even real stretch for the .50 ...
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 7:22 pm
by Tote 9
Thats out of range even for a sniper.
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:06 pm
by 308nato
I was watching the Military channel last night and they were showing the
Barrett .50 cal. that they use and i think the Instructor from Barrett said the record shot was 2400 yards or a mile and a half.
Sure would like to have one of those.
Posted: Mon Jan 22, 2007 9:59 pm
by nitrogen
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:16 am
by Liberty
Thanks,
That 'splains a lot.
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 7:25 am
by repsychler
I had a feeling I was getting a whiff of onion while I was reading that, and the "distance and crosswinds" part sealed it.
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:13 am
by Skiprr
repsychler wrote:I had a feeling I was getting a whiff of onion while I was reading that, and the "distance and crosswinds" part sealed it.
Or peeled it, as it were...
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:14 am
by stevie_d_64
308nato wrote:I was watching the Military channel last night and they were showing the
Barrett .50 cal. that they use and i think the Instructor from Barrett said the record shot was 2400 yards or a mile and a half.
Sure would like to have one of those.
2600 and change...They called it a mile and a half...
I also saw that they didn't say or imply who made that shot...
I bet there are a few here also, that know who did it...
Posted: Tue Jan 23, 2007 8:19 am
by age_ranger
Good to see the quality of snipers in our USMC is estimated to be a threat up until 3000yds!!! Maybe she has his dog? I'd call 10 times a day for my dog.............than again, maybe he's just plain lost it.
With that kind of distance, you'd have to calculate for the rotation of the earth, right?